More attractions for pitcher plant centre
KUCHING: The Pitcher Plants Exhibition & Conservation Centre at Kota Padawan is undergoing a minor upgrade to introduce additional attractions.
Park officer Stephen Lim said among the features to be added to the park are a small ‘ baruk’(traditional Bidayuh house), a circular house, a giant poster of all the pitcher plants found in the park and a gallery displaying photos of pitcher plants and souvenirs for sale. He said after the completion of the minor upgrading works, visitors can take photographs in front of the giant poster as well as at the ‘baruk’.
“Public response to our garden is getting better. Before Christmas, we welcomed many foreign visitors.
“Now, we want to add a few more attractions for visitors to remember when they come to the park,” he told The Borneo Post yesterday.
In the park that is managed
Public response towards our garden is getting better. Before Christmas, we welcomed many foreign visitors. Stephen Lim, Park officer
by Padawan Municipal Council ( MPP), pitcher plants are grown attached to poles either in welldrained pots or in the ground.
The species and subspecies of nepenthes available at the MPP Pitcher Garden range from the largest N rafflesiana, which has the ability to store a litre of fluid, to the tiniest N gracilis.
Other than pitcher plants, there are small collections of wild orchids and other rare and exotic wild plants.
Lim said despite the upgrading works, the park was still open to visitors.
Opening hours are 9am– 4pm, Tuesday to Sunday (including public holidays). An entrance fee of RM6 is charged per foreign tourist and RM3 per Malaysian.
The Pitcher Plants Exhibition & Conservation Centre showcases lowland pitcher plants and orchids from around Borneo.